HomeAid, builder to start construction on Fort Bend center

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February 28, 2014

HomeAid board member Patrick Mayhan with Westin Homes; Bert Harvey, construction manager for HomeAid; Bette Moser, executive director of HomeAid; Lea Pipitone, director of marketing and special events for HomeAid; Caron Marble, FBFP board member; John Tipton, FBFP board member; David Bigler, Long Lake; Vera Johnson, executive director of FBFP; Bill Mallett, FBFP board member; Adrienne Gonzalez with Long Lake; Sergio Astorga with Arte Architecture; and Patrick Ognowski with Long Lake, met with potential vendors who will be donating their materials and services to the Fort Bend Family Promise Family Day Center.

Dozens of Houston-area vendors are reflecting the generous nature of the building industry as they join home builder, Long Lake Ltd. in donating materials and labor for the construction of a family day center for Fort Bend Family Promise.

Long Lake team

Long Lake's Craig Jones is leading the team on this HomeAid Houston project that will provide a warm and welcoming environment as well as administrative and counseling space for FBFP families. HomeAid is a 501(c)3 charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association.

Sergio Astorga, designer and project manager, and Emerson Jones Jr., architect with Arte Architecture, are donating design services for the new addition.

More than 50 vendors attended an introductory meeting at the GHBA to learn the construction-related details of the project and to hear first-hand accounts of families who are working through the programs at FBFP.

Speakers

Dave Bigler, vice president of purchasing for Long Lake Ltd.; John Tipton, president of FBFP; Vera Johnson, director of FBFP; Sergio Astorga, project designer; and Bette Moser, executive director of HomeAid Houston were speakers.

Fort Bend Family Promise

Started in 2005, FBFP was created to meet the immediate needs of homeless families. Sixteen families at a time can participate in the Family Promise program.

"The HomeAid team is in place," said Jennifer Taylor, president of HomeAid. "It is heartwarming to know that everyone is on board as this project becomes a reality for very deserving families. It is a known fact that families with children are the fastest growing homeless population, so this project is critical to our community."